Reports of fighting between police and soldiers added to upheaval in the embattled Helmand province.
Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia announced a daily arrival restriction of 580 refugees Friday, sparking protests.
The government official revealed the information in an interview this week without disclosing the name of the village or the timeline of the executions.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack in the country's eastern province of Kunar.
Five countries - Jordan, France, Hungary, Colombia and Denmark - go head to head on Oscar night for the Best Foreign Language Film award. Rollo Ross reports.
The dispute between Greece and Austria widens as European leaders prepare to meet March 7 to discuss the refugee crisis with Turkey.
The Thursday meeting to discuss the spiraling humanitarian crisis will also include representatives from non-EU members Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey.
The militants are thought to be the first members of the Islamic State group to have renounced it and joined the reconciliation process.
With refugee arrival numbers to Italy and Greece topping 100,000, Germany has started to send Afghani asylum seekers back home.
The detainee population at the controversial detention facility has dropped from hundreds of individuals to 91. Who are the prisoners left?
Human Rights Advocates said the president's plans to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay were a step in the right direction. But has he gone far enough?
Islamic State group militants, thought to number up to 3,000 in Afghanistan, have sought to carve out a stronghold in the conflict-ravaged country.
The withdrawals raise questions over the capacity of Afghan security forces to take on the Taliban.
In Myanmar, one of the world’s largest suppliers of opium, police are preventing Christian anti-drug crusaders from destroying poppy fields.
The cause of the crash was not made public but the military also ruled out ground fire as a suspected factor.
Widespread corruption is fueling fighting, as a growing number of Afghans are turning toward the Taliban for an alternative.
Doctors Without Borders condemned a Monday airstrike that killed up to 50 people, saying it was carried out by the Syrian regime or Russian warplanes.
The country has been facing insurgency from militant groups like Taliban, while the Western forces are training the local troops to bolster their defense.
The assault came amid bitter fighting in a Taliban stronghold where the insurgents have overrun many areas.
With Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants posing a threat in West Africa, concerns have risen about terrorists using full-body veils to hide bombs.
The Pentagon expected the F-16s to help improve Pakistan’s self-defense capability, while India said it was disappointed with the U.S. decision.
The report comes amid heightened tensions in Europe over the influx of refugees.
